Designing information visualizations for elite soccer children's different levels of comprehension

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  • Thor Herdal
  • Jeppe Gerner Pedersen
  • Søren Knudsen

We describe a study that sought to understand elite soccer children's use of visualizations to learn about, and improve their own sports performance. We specifically investigate how visualizations support the players' data comprehension. In this process, we design and evaluate visualizations based on real data. Finally, we discuss how the players' level of comprehension might depend on factors such as their general literacy and visualization literacy, and the role of visualization in coaching children.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Number of pages4
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publication date2016
Article number13
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4503-4763-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Göteborg, Sweden
Duration: 23 Oct 201627 Oct 2016
Conference number: 9

Conference

Conference9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Nummer9
LandSweden
ByGöteborg
Periode23/10/201627/10/2016

    Research areas

  • Children, InfoVis, Interviews, Qualitative study, Sports, Teenagers

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